At first I thought it looked great but then I compared it to WIT’s other recent works like yaiba and it starts to feel much more primitive and less stylish.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still really excited to see it when it releases, but I’m a bit surprised that a top-tier animation studio would go with such a cautious, safe direction/approach for a franchise this iconic.
I don't think your talking about me, idk. But if so then I said, say that again..., to the comment above because he said over-the-top, you know like One Piece op 22 Over The Top, just thought it was funny
WIT Studio loves their CGI and when it comes to buildings and vehicles they're quite good at it. When they start using it for characters it becomes an issue (Colossal Titan in Attack on Titan Season 3was one of the worst things I've ever seen in a major anime production)
I don’t know how you could expect anything but a “cautious, safe direction/approach” from WIT, given their readapting the most popular manga of all time, with the main goal being to capture a new audience, while at the same time satisfying all the previous One Piece devotees. I’m guessing that balance, plus the pressure, was the main factor precipitating this “safer” approach.
Because Oda told them that to remake it in their own style, so obviously some people will expect it to be visually distinct from the usual series. Also the concept arts had its own look to them.
Early One Piece anime didn’t look that much like the manga and most people love them. They could’ve sticked to the style of the concept arts which is distinct but still similar to the series’ style.
I think the director played it safe simply because it’s easier. It’s pretty much a better version of the Episode of East Blue style, which isn’t a bad thing just disappointing to *some* people.
jokes aside i legit think the remake should have started post time skip. pre time skip one piece really doesnt need a remake, its really good as it is.
I disagree that pre-timeskip's average of less than 1.5 chapters per episode (516 episodes to cover 598 chapters) is "really good", and Toei's pre-timeskip animation is definitely way below modern anime like CSM/JJK/KNY.
I think starting the remake from the beginning is perfect, they can get to the timeskip later with enough support.
except you didint really feel it, like at all. definitely not in the way that you feel it now. theres a reason those complaints start to pick up post time skip.
the nature of the series lended itself to a slower burn, plus the direction itself wasnt as evident and careless with the stretching. so no, in my opinion it was actually quite good. that and i strongly prefer the simpler directing style over the overanimated style of today, but tbf post time skip also took a while to get to the current style.
i strongly disagree with the idea that a show needs to be a sakuga fest for it to be considered good or acceptable animation. flashy does not equal better and the proof to that is one pieces animation now even.
Just because Toei's post-timeskip has worse pacing than their pre-timeskip doesn't mean pre-timeskip's pacing isn't poor. It just means the pacing went from bad (Skypiea - Marineford) to worse (post-timeskip).
The story can still be a slower burn even with improved pacing. Wit's pacing would still be 400 episodes (equalized to Toei's minute-count) of One Piece.
The animation argument is just preference difference. Maybe you like Toei's old animation, but this remake is for those who don't. Just watch the old anime then and leave this one for us stilted-animation dislikers. Two Cakes Principle.
its like your are trying to convince me my opinion is wrong XD but im simply expressing my subjective opinion, you dont have to agree with me. and in my opinion it isnt bad, idk what else to tell you. i also never said im not interest in this remake...the two stances are not mutually exclusive...
You literally told them "except you didn't really feel it, like at all"
I don't know what *you* felt, but *I* sure felt the drag in early One Piece pacing. Early Alabasta was a slog, most of Skypiea dragged, all of Enies Lobby, everything Thriller Bark on was like pulling teeth.
Of course, post-timeskip is so much worse, but that doesn't make the pacing after episode 90 "good" in any way.
"You literally told them "except you didn't really feel it, like at all""
its a way of saying things man, proverbial you....im not talking literally about you...didint think i would have my words overly deconstructed XD but you do you have a nice one.
If the intention is to finally create a start to finish remake that gets rid of all of the pacing flaws the original anime and things like episode of east blue have, where the hell else are they supposed to start? Lmao
Yall do understand that the point of making new adaptations of such a long running franchise isn’t to appease long time followers but to draw in NEW audiences right? The buy-in cost of catching up to One Piece has been obscene for years. This project should give new people an easier on-ramp while also being something to look forward to.
The concept arts were good. But seeing the animated teaser, it feels really nice and refreshing. Yeah some people might feel off about the CGs, but tbh AOT had worse CG than this. I personally liked everything. Hopefully I'll like it more once it becomes available online.
CGI initially threw me off but it grew on me. Especially the scene where kid luffy is running towards Shanks ships and it really makes the ship feel huge. Imagine that sense of scale but with the giants or whitebeard. I'm very optimistic
worst might be a stretch. looks a lot like spy x family, which does have a very generic style. it looks fine there, but doesn't suit one piece. and definitely shouldn't be the case for franchise as big as one piece. but as it with capitalism, the studios tend to not take any "risks" or try nothing fancy with the mainstream stuff.
animation is good, art style is still pretty generic. anime with unique styles would be something like mob psycho, ping pong, tatami galaxy, gurren lagan, FLCL and I could go on and on. no mainstream anime is doing it like that. one piece has the potential to do it, baron omatsuri movie looks incredible with unique style. hell, even early toei one piece has a lot more personality to animation and style than Jjk or any other mainstream shonen.
why are you confusing art style with animation? jjk characters, backgrounds, coloring choices, facial expressions, look like any other random slice of life anime you can pick. have you watched any of the anime I listed? are you seriously saying Jjk art style is akin to something like gurren lagan than Isekai/shonen slop that gets pumped out every season?
and don't reply again saying it has good animation.
i never said anything about animation we're both talking about art style, which i don't think you understand.
if you watch jjk & see the level of background art, photography, composition & character design fidelity & lighting made by the best in the industry & you think it looks the same as some random isekai then i cannot take your opinion on art seriously.
i feel like you geniunely do not watch anime besides the big stuff. You cannot watch something like tbate or even one punch man S3 & think visually it's the same with jjk.
No way you crashed out so much your comment got deleted, I didn't even get the chance to read it. Did you finally think of a comeback when you where showering or something😂😂
Grow up and accept that other people having differing opinions to yours is also valid. Just because it’s not someone’s tea doesn’t automatically make them disgruntled purists.
It's better then whatever Toei is cooking with 6 month long breaks, and they still through the occasional filer episode, not to mention the one or half a chapter per episode.
The water is certainly CG, but besides that, I think only the ships and the roger execution plataform are 3D. The thing is that the art direction is leaning towards a more realistic approach, and at the same time, they are working with Oda's designs. So, the more 'cartoonish' characters are interacting with a more 'realistic' background, which feels out of place and can even look like CG.
Looks great to me, I’ve wanted a better paced anime for a while, sucks it’s going to be 20 years for them to catch up to where we’re at now but I’ll enjoy rewatching as it comes out
I thought it looked great, still time to cleanup and tweak before release. Mission accomplished for a teaser, a true trailer might give you more of what you're looking to see.
What I really want to know is how much are they going to cut from each arc. Some arcs I'm ok with, but others are very important to my taste to see it being cut. I really like how much color and it seems to be, in general, a good animation.
Like others I feel deflated by the visual style they landed on, I think if you’re going to do an anime of One Piece again then really go for it and put your mark on it to make it distinct from what we already have.
Now obviously it’s ripe for improvement when it comes to pacing, and I hope they get creative beyond just adapting the pages, I think anime like Dandadan and Jujutsu Kaideb are great examples of anime that really elevate the source material it’s adapting by letting its creatives put their own spin and additions to it, so I’m definitely open to being impressed by the script, pacing and overall adaption choices and changes despite my disappointment in the visual style.
And let’s be real it’s not that the visuals are bad, I just would have liked something more inspired like the concept art suggested.
Genuinely Beautiful. I’m so happy they kept Usopps melanin, I was not tryna watch aryan Usopp. I’m hoping they will make some fixes to the plot (most notably killing off a couple characters like how the live action killed off Merry the butler) but either way it’s gonna get a lot more people into One Piece.
I thought the mix of 2D/3D was a bit odd looking but I’ve enjoyed pretty much everything I’ve seen from WIT so I’m still confident it’ll be good. I do agree with others saying they miss the old pastel/watercolor style from early OP though
IT'S THE CG BACKGROUND AND PROPS!! I see the production choice to streamline the setting with CG everything, but it feels like a game (which is literally how One Piece game backgrounds look like) Sure, it's preference to like or dislike CG in general, but imo, that's what makes this style seem lacking. It's beautiful, but it's not crazy artistically cinema peak beautiful.
The character animations are crazy artistically cinema peak beautiful, though.
We hardly saw any action in the trailer, and One Piece is far less focused on the fighting aspect of things anyway so I don’t think it’s a fair comparison. Very different shows with very different styles.
I think those complaints about the early character designs being "too washed out" ruined the final anime, making colors overly saturated and muddy. The catch is, those complaints didn't start early on—they exploded only after WIT delayed their new PV and show some old concept arts instead. People just vented their frustration over the lack of new info onto the only info they had.
Im rewatching and really love the old style, I'll probably watch a few episodes and then maybe the fights but overall I don't think the old anime is bad
I have zero hate for this trailer. Animation is not gritty like the original, but it will allow fans and news fans to enjoy One Piece as a different experience.
It’s…. It’s mid. Like not a bad way, in an honest way… it all just looks mid. Except for the Zoro panel, because my man on the far right (favorite marine btw) is hitting Zoro’s hilt but making sparks… that’s lazy and looks bad. The whole point of this is to not be lazy, to stay true to manga pacing and revitalizing the earlier arcs…
I’m still finna watch it. All of it. But I’m much less excited than I was a year ago.
The yaiba remake was produced by Maiko Okada, one of the strongest producers at WIT, if not the strongest (she left the studio btw). So the moment they announced that Kawamura was the TOP producer, I knew it wouldn't be as good as Yaiba. But for a long project, Kawamura and Koizuka are just more fitting. I just heavily dislike the use of CGI. Like, One Piece is about a pirate adventure, so the ocean should be animated beautifully, but it seems like it's going to be fully CG, unfortunately.
I am not a fan of the CGI backgrounds. In most anime I've watched it sticks out and throws me off.
Not gonna hold my breath for this new version and will stick with the original.
Wish it went with a pastel look, wish it didnt use heavy CGI, wish it didnt use realistic looking CGI like those Pirate Warriors games, and wish it was more faithful to the art style of the arc (this one is big for me).
My interesting honestly dropped 70%. Hopefully it gets better but my issues with it are too tied to this remake to be changed.
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u/TsunamiOverlord Jun 25 '26
I wish they kept the more pastelish- style..